Recent content by Jeff Kaos

I had a similar issue although the sound wasn't much different. According to the update notes of Synapse the THX Audio Playback was embedded in the drivers so you won't see a separate playback device on the Windows Sound Properties. According to the update notes all you need to do is select the...

I've been using a Razer Nari Essential wireless headset for about 6 months but recently the Synapse software updated and everything has changed. Besides the complete redesign of the audio UI my PC no longer detects the headset as a THX Spatial Audio device. When I open my Windows Sound...

I saw on a post somewhere that playing a game at 1080p draws more processing power from the CPU while gaming in 4k pushes the load to the GPU. I've never heard this before and I was wondering if that's true. Right now, my system is aging but can still play the games I enjoy with decent graphic...

Between your instructions and the video everything is working as desired. I just booted up my system from the new drive and I where I had 1.9 GB before I now have 930 GB on Drive C. I'll reboot a few times before reconnecting my Media drive and the old OS drive. I'll probably just delete the...

Actually, I managed to figure it out. I followed your instructions and when I could't find the Cloned Partition Properties button I ended up going online and I found a video on the Macrium website and between your excellent directions (seriouly, I actually printed them out so I could follow...

The new drive is a Crucial MX500 1TB drive. I made a mistake in my original post saying it was 500TB. But yeah, I think I'll use the Macrium software everyone is telling me about. It looks pretty easy to use and I think I'd be okay with it.

Thanks for the advice. I Definitely have enough s SATA ports so that isn't an issue. I think the only thing I need to do is make sure the ports are covered up by the GPU like in my kids PC. I installed a second HDD in his rig but the port was under the GPU so...he doesn't have a DVD drive. Not...

I built my system about 7 years ago and the way I set it up is that I have a 128GB SSD for my operating system and a 4TB hybrid HDD where all my games and media are installed. I'm currently running out of space on my SSD and I've moved pretty much everything I could to my HDD but I still get...

My current PC specs are below and while I'm getting some solid performance out it for gaming I was considering making an upgrade to see if I can get a little bit more out of it. With the current shortage of GPUs out there I was looking more at maybe a new CPU but I'm not really that savvy enough...

Right now I'm doing all my gaming on what's basically a "work" monitor. It's a 27" 1080 monitor with 60Hz refresh speed. My PC has an i5 6600k CPU and a GTX 1070 Gaming X GPU. I'm thinking of upgrading my monitor to get something with a higher refresh rate and possibly a better resolution but...

I bought a new Sceptre E275W-1920 27" monitor for my kids computer and every time he powers off the PC the monitor displays a message saying that it's no longer detecting a signal and is enter Power Saver Mode. Then the blue light on the back of the monitor flashes until we boot up the PC again...

Like the title says. I'm pretty savvy when it comes to building PCs and knowing which components work best together but when it comes to monitors I'm totally lost and easily confused. Basically I want to upgrade to a 4K monitor and I'd like to be able to get up to 120 FPS with it. What sort of...

I'm using the Windows Media Creation Tool from Microsoft's website to create a USB to install Windows 10 on a new build and it's been downloading for about 4 hours or more and is only about 12% completed. Anyone know what the heck is up with this? I downloaded a 50GB game on Uplay yesterday and...

Like the title says I'm rebuilding my kids gaming PC and I'll be replacing pretty much everything except the case and the hard drive. While I know a little bit about hardware and I've built many PCs in my life I'm pretty clueless when it comes to software. And the HDD I'm using already has...

Added it to my cart. It looks like that SH2 board I linked to earlier will work with the Ryzen 5 1600 out of the box. A few other people asked the same question on amazon. So far I'm at $220 for the CPU, that Masterwatt PSU and the board. All I really need is some RAM and that RAM you linked me...